googly

PRONUNCIATION:

(GOO-glee)

MEANING:

noun: In cricket, a ball bowled with a deceptive action so that it bounces
in a direction different from what the batsman was expecting. (video)adjective: (eyes) Staring, bulging, or wide open, in amazement or admiration.

“Just as you settle on what you intend to do, on the sequence of actions
that you need to take, fate bowls you a googly: other things happen that
wreck your plans.”
Andrew Scholes; The Days Grow Short; Lulu; 2014.

“Because you thought that would make Saxon Walker go all googly over you,
didn’t you? You actually thought he might take you in his arms and hug you?”
Jaclyn Moriarty; Feeling Sorry for Celia; St. Martin’s Press; 2001.